The Fender 50S STRATOCASTER 6-String Electric Guitar, Maple Fingerboard, 1-Ply White Pickguard, 2 Color Sunburst. Superb Strat with '50s Strat features, sound and playability.
The Fender 50S Stratocaster guitar epitomizes the vibe of the ’50s! The color alone, takes you back to the era of diners, Ike and cars with fins. With a maple fingerboard, tinted neck, single-ply pickguard and aged plastic parts, the ’50s Stratocaster guitar is awesomely retro, and the three single-coil pickups and staggered Alnico magnet pole pieces give you the look and the sound.
The main features of the Fender 50S STRATOCASTER include:
Not many models at this price have the soft V neck profile, which is great for blues play and bending strings. The 1-Ply pickguard makes it look truly vintage. I find the stock pickups to be a bit squeaky, but with a good set of SC pups the guitar sings.
All in all it is a very nice instrument. It plays well, the factory setup is ok.
The price is excellent.
THIS is the one I should have choosen if I knew where it is made, probably in Mexico. The normal Fenders are made in the Stes, but the prices are then from 2k to 3k and higher. Let me say the prices are rather equal to the prices here stated. So I choosed the Jack & Danny version of Vintage Deluxe series, 1/4 of this price...Do they sound equal, yes, the looks are nearlt the same, only the servce manual lacks...so why bother.